Lucina Theresia (Hein) Pitsch, 99, died on February 1, 2014, at the
Manor House in Sigourney, IA. She was born on April 30, 1914, to
John and Mary Behrendt Hein near Portsmouth, IA. She attended
Catholic school at Portsmouth. Her father died when she was 8 years
old, and her mother died when she was 12 years old. On December 27,
1934, Lucina married John Lillig Pitsch in Portsmouth. After their
wedding, they farmed near Ollie for 2 years before settling on their
farm southwest of Sigourney. Lucina enjoyed gardening, cooking,
raising animals, especially chickens, and living on the farm. She
was a member of the Church of St. Mary, St. Mary's Altar and Rosary
Society, the Iowa Farm Bureau, and the Industrial Club.
Lucina was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John, in
1991; her daughter, Betty Joan (Pitsch) Ferguson, in 2002; a son,
Herbert Edward, in 1980; another son, John Joseph, in 2012; and
seven brothers and sisters.
Lucina is survived by her son Robert Leroy (Jo Anne) Pitsch of
Sigourney, 8 grandchildren: Nicholas Pitsch of Manassas, VA; Gina
(Keith) Loney of Prairie du Chien, WI; Jenni (Mark) Stelter of
Pella, IA; Tony (Yvonne) Pitsch of Sigourney, IA; David (Rhonda)
Pitsch of Springfield, OH; Jeremy (Angela) Pitsch of University
Place, WA; John Ferguson of Las Vegas, NV; Anne (Keith) Hiebner of
Goshen, IN; 8 great-grandchildren, and a sister Adeline Caddell of
Harlan, Iowa.